By Lonnie Ellis, OFS Climate change is a moral issue. One year ago, Pope Francis made this point emphatically with his encyclical Laudato Si. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has warned about climate change many times—with a major statement in 2001, and...

Virginia House and Senate Committees are wrapping up their work as they race to hear all the bills assigned to them in advance of crossover, which is this coming Tuesday. After this point, the House of Delegates may only consider bills that have passed the Senate and...

On Thursday, the Conference was pleased to host a group from Richmond for a “Catholics in the Capital” day. A special thanks to those who attended! This 4th week of the Virginia General Assembly session also saw action on several of the Conference’s legislative...

As we finish last-minute shopping and prepare to receive friends and family for the wondrous and joyful feast of Christmas, let’s pause and remember the true meaning of Christmas—the birth of Christ, our Savior, who was sent among us to walk with us as a human and...

In the midst of competing narratives about Pope Francis’ upcoming visit to the U.S. and his recent encyclical on ecology, Laudato Si’, one point is clear: “The Church is not in conflict with science,” Richmond Bishop Francis DiLorenzo told a crowd in Norfolk...